explain three points of difference between straight muscles and smooth muscles
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Skeletal Muscles:-
• Are directly attached to the skeleton by tendons.
• Aid in movement and locomotion.
• Are voluntarily activated.
• Appear striped under a microscope. Also called "striated" muscle.
• Fatigue more quickly than smooth or cardiac muscles.
• Are able to stretch and resume original shape.
Smooth Muscles:
• Get their name from their smooth appearance under a microscope.
• Arranged in bundles of muscle fibre sheets.
• Contract involuntarily. Regulated by autonomic part of nervous system.
• Found in walls of hollow structures, including veins, arteries, and intestines.
• Maintain flow of fluid and food along hollow structures.
• Found in hair erectors, pupils, gland ducts, esophagus, bronchi, intestines, stomach, and blood vessels.
➡Smooth muscles are
involuntary muscles; the individual has no control over their contraction and relaxation. Skeletal muscles, however, are voluntary muscles; one has complete control over their contraction and relaxation. Smooth muscles are non-striated like cardiac muscles, while skeletal muscles are striated.